Chin To The Clouds

Modernized affirmations that are all about: 
* cultivating hope and damn good expectancy
* visualizing the finish line
* building a power source of confidence in the universe

Produced by @glamnotglam
Recorded at Mad Bull Productions
Intro produced by @thaaudiounit

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Audio Vision Board: Chin To The Clouds

A binaural soundscape featuring several Swainson's Thrushes singing in Subalpine Fir near Baldy Mountain to the east of Oliver in the Okanagon Valley of British Columbia.  Recorded 7:20am, 28 June 2017.

This beautiful soundscape also includes the rush of a mountain brook (left channel)and the gentle gurgling of a nearby freshet (right channel). Listen also for what I believe to be six nasal calls from a young mule deer (fawn), sounding off in the distance at 6:50 as it moved through the forest.

Okanagon Thrushscape

The second in a series on traditional polyphonic singing, this episode visits the hunter-gatherer pygmies of the African rainforest, the peasants of pre-Christian Russia, and the possible residents of outer space, via one very special song from Georgia. It also features an interview with Georgian ethnomusicologist Joseph Jordania, organizer of the International Symposium on Traditional Polyphony in Tbilisi, Georgia, and author of several books on polyphony and early human evolution, including the award winning Who Asked the First Question: Origins of Vocal Polyphony, Human Intelligence, Language and Speech.

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Music
Intro: "Forest March" by Sylvia Woods
“Central African Pygmy Polyphony” from Simha Arom and Rounder
“Bobangi” by Aka Pygmies (from Aka Pygmy Music - UNESCO Collection from Smithsonian Folkways)
“Nzombi [I]” by Aka Pygmies (from Aka Pygmy Music - UNESCO Collection from Smithsonian Folkways)
“Mongombi” by Aka Pygmies (from Aka Pygmy Music - UNESCO Collection from Smithsonian Folkways)
“Mo-nzombe” by Pygmees Mbenzele 
“U vorot, vorot solovey poet” (“There is a nightingale singing at the door”)by the Ensemble of village Krasnyi Zilim
“Strela (The Arrow)” by Belyj Svet and Vyselki
“Love Is Gone (feat. The Gypsy Orchestra of the Cabarets Russes de Paris & Gyula Kokas)” by Micha Thomas & Serge Nicolaieff
“Typu (Stepan)” by The Women's Vocal Folklore Ensemble of Chindyanovo
“Oak Forest” by Dmitri Pokrovsky Ensemble
“Chakrulo” by Rustavi Folk Choir
“Song for "Thinking: Piere” - Gbaya men (Central African Republic - UNESCO Collection from Smithsonian Folkways)
“Zinskaro” by Vokal Ansambl Gordela
“Hawsa” by Marewrew
“Group of Nurstani singers, accompanied by harp (watj) and drum (jamba)” recorded on Sept. 10, 1968, Vienna Phonogram Archive
“Dikoboda Sombe” by  Aka Pygmy Singers

You can find Joseph Jordania’s books and projects at http://josephjordania.com
The International Research Center for Traditional Polyphony: http://polyphony.ge/en/home-2/
Learn more about Ekaterina Rets and her band Belyj Svet here: https://www.art-laguna.com/
Survival International advocates for Central African Pygmies: https://www.survivalinternational.org/tribes/pygmies

Polyphony Worldwide feat. Joseph Jordania

'Form the Fabric' derives from NMAI archaeologist Ramiro Mato's phrase describing the cosmological understandings of the Incan & Andean peoples through description of the Inca Road as 'threads interwoven to form the fabric of the physical and spiritual world.

commissioned by Crash Ensemble and New Music Dublin with funds from the Arts Council of Ireland 2020

premiered by Crash Ensemble during New Music Dublin 2020 @ The National Concert Hall, Dublin Ireland

Form the Fabric [2020] | Crash Ensemble

Crispy morning dawn. Cuckoo and black grouse are in the beginning of their concert and at the same time Boreal owl is about to finish his nightly performance.

Crispy May Morning

One of the hardest things to do is give up or accept a loss, even if we are unhappy and have been for a really long time. This is for anyone stuck in ambivalence over a decision to create a change in their life. 
Sometimes this happens when you are in a long relationship and you feel you can’t leave it – even though you are not happy and you don’t feel in love. Another common scenario is when you are in a field you don’t love but you have been to school for x number of years so you feel like you can’t leave now. It’s so scary to trust the feelings you have when you know they can sometimes change – especially when weighing this against something that is valuable in the eyes of the world. 

The book I referenced by Dan Ariely is here:
https://amzn.to/2DwW9bl

 
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Help Me Be Me

Ep 133: Stuck + Ambivalent: When You Can’t Make a Decision or Let Go

MARION/ Her Room's Ambient/ Live Set/ Snippet/ Pre-Master ver.

DANTON's Death / 2nd Part: MARION/ Theatre performance.
Based on Georg Büchner's script.
Co-operative Project with 'IS' Theatre Group.
Performed in Tehran/ Iran. 2019-2020
Cover Calligraphy: Zoha Asgharzadeh

Sound/ Music: vehut (Hani Abdolmagid)
2020

vehut - MARION - Her Room's Ambient (Snippet)

This is for anyone who wakes up and feels like a different person. One who they really don’t like. And you can’t do anything about it. Maybe you did something really terrible and you thought you knew yourself, but you now realize you didn’t know yourself. It could be a shameful action or a revelation about yourself. It’s paralyzing and ugly and crippling in how it makes you feel. This is rock bottom. The fucking worst of days. Where do you go from here? That’s what this episode is about. Because the hardest most impossible changes we make in life – are a choice. This is a shorter episode because it’s a simple message. The goal of this episode is to help you turn around. 

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Ep 136: Rock Bottom - Where to Go From Shame

Doctors Flat, Ensay, Victoria, AUSTRALIA

Recorded by Sonja Laukkanen. 'Gavia arctica calls'

Heisanharju, Jaala, FINLAND

Rain falling on the branches of a dead mopane tree in the Namib desert. Recorded with Sony PCM D10 and a pair of Lom mikroUsi microphones taped to the dry branches. Read about my epedition to Namibia at https://mindful-audio.com/blog/namibia-sound-recording-2020

Chromatic Rain

Help Me Be Me is an emotional toolkit for creating positive change in yourself. I like to think of it as self-help for people who hate self-help. I'm Sarah May, coach/mom/all-around happy person, and these are the tools that work for me in my life. For all of my offerings you can check out YayWithMe.com What I share is my personal opinion. It's not a diagnosis for treatment or a substitute for professional help. If you're suffering, please reach out to your local emergency services or call 9-1-1. Music theme created by www.BookerHillMusic.com